Skip to main content

Anna the Prophetess by H.B. Moore: A Book Review

Anna the Prophetess
Author: H.B. Moore
Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian, Biblical Fiction
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Release Date: 2018
Pages: 232
Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Synopsis: Anna the Prophetess is the dramatic chronicle of the only woman to be called a prophetess in the Gospels. When Anna's great-niece Julia is exiled to Jerusalem as punishment for her refusal to marry a man old enough to be her father, Anna shares the story of her early days of courtship with her husband. Although Julia's parents admonished her to observe firsthand how lonely Anna's life is, Julia instead discovers that her great-aunt's life is far from lonely--it is full of love, peace, and incredible faith. As Anna shares her unwavering testimony of the coming Messiah with her great-niece, these two faithful women are changed forever as they seek the Lord's will in their lives and joyfully witness the long-awaited miracles of Christ's birth.

    My Review: Anna is the only prophetess mentioned in the Gospels. She is famous for recognizing Jesus as the Messiah, the one who will bring salvation to Israel. Anna the Prophetess fictionalizes her life as a young woman who falls in love with a devastated widower to an old woman who serves her remaining days in the temple awaiting the birth of the Messiah. This novel tells the story of Anna’s unwavering faith and her devotion to God.

    I was familiar with Anna as the old woman who recognizes the infant Jesus as our Saviour. However, I found it refreshing that the novel shows Anna as a young teenager who is on the verge of womanhood. She dreams of a loving husband and happy children. Instead, she experiences a life of hardships. She becomes a barren woman, and her husband dies in battle seven years after their marriage. Despite her tragedies, she still believes in God and remains loyal to him. Because of her devotion to God, Anna is blessed to see and recognize the Messiah. She realizes that her difficulties are trials to her faith, and through her actions, she receives many blessings. Her faith inspires her great-niece Julia, who learns through Anna’s story. Julia uses Anna’s tale as a lesson and applies them to her own faith. Thus, Julia is able to receive her own blessings from God.

   Overall, this novel is about faith, love, trust, and hope. I love the characters in this novel. I love how she meets Elizabeth and John. My favorite part of the novel was when she recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. H. B. Moore does an excellent job in making ancient Israel come alive. I felt as if I was there walking alongside the characters. There were a few things that I did not like about this book. I thought the romance between Anna and Josiah was a bit underdeveloped. The author never really showed their traits that made them fall in love with each other. Also, I would have liked to know more about Anna’s life, but the author focused more on her great-niece’s blossoming romance. Still, Anna the Prophetess is an inspiring novel about two resilient women who must overcome life’s greatest hardships and find solace in God’s love. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters #1) by Lucinda Riley: A Book Review

The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters #1) Author: Lucinda Riley Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: Atria Release Date: 2015 Pages: 463 Source: My State Public Library Synopsis: Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings. Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to

Blog Tour: Clarissa: A Clean and Wholesome American Historical Romance by Jean Jacobsen

  Book Details: Book Title :   Clarissa: A Clean & Wholesome American Historical Romance by Jean Jacobsen Category :  Adult Fiction (18+) ,  324 pages Genre :  Historical Romance Publisher :  Jean Jacobsen Release date:    Feb 2020 Content Rating :  G: Wholesome Book Description:      Tragedy brings them together. Will love tear them apart?      New York City, 1832. Clarissa Tanner is carefree and lighthearted until the sudden death of her parents. Forced to pay off family debts or lose her horse farm, she's given one choice: auction off her beloved horses or reluctantly enter 1830s New York Society social season to face the dreaded marriage market.      Nicholas is a man on a mission, searching for his missing brother. Fearing Liam may be the victim of foul play, Nicholas needs to keep a low-profile while conducting his search. He takes a position as a dance instructor, providing refresher lessons to the beautiful but distracted Clarissa.      ​Clarissa and Nicholas find a con

Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens #6) by Alison Weir: A Book Review

Kath arine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens #6) Author: Alison Weir Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: 2021 Pages: 544 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis : Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir brings her Tudor Queens series to a close with the remarkable story of Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife, who manages to survive him and remarry, only to be thrown into a romantic intrigue that threatens the very throne of England.      Having sent his much-beloved but deceitful young wife Katheryn Howard to her beheading, King Henry fixes his lonely eyes on a more mature woman, thirty-year-old, twice-widowed Katharine Parr. She, however, is in love with Sir Thomas Seymour, brother to the late Queen Jane. Aware of his rival, Henry sends him abroad, leaving Katharine no choice but to become Henry’s sixth queen in 1543. The king is no longer in any condition to father a child, but Katharine is content to mo